Surgical bandage or splint.



P. K. ALEXANDER. vSURGJGM. BANDAGB 0F. sPLNT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1911.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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FRANCES K. ALEXANDER, OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

SURGCAL BANDAGE R SPLINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Aug. 19,1 SM 3.

Application led August 2, 1911. Serial No. @1.989.

T 0 all 207mm I? may concern lie it ltnoivn that I, FRANCES K. ALEX- ANDER, a citizen ot the United States. re-

siding` at Berkeley, in the county ot' Alameda and State of California, have invented nenv and useful improvements in Surgical Bandages or ybplints. of which the Jfollowing; is a specieation.

This invention and useful baiidae'es-adapted'"to be employed in treating` and dressin; broken limbs and bones, or fractures of the saine. and other bodily injuries.

ln carrying out my invention, it is my purpose to provide a surgical bandage whieh is provided with casingsor pockets adapted to eont-ain a suitable medicament, such as hops or other suitable. substance, the bandage heine' so eonstrueted and arranged that it may he tilted over the injury and fastened in posit-ion in such manner as to tit etnni'ortably, and to alleviate the intense. pain. due to contracting nerves, a 4condition ivhieh `frequently causes deliriumA and `deformities.

A further ehirrt of in v invention is to provide a simple torni ot bandage in which the splintsl and medicament containingv casings will be so arranged that the bandage may he placed upon the injured liinb in such manner as to eonipletelv eover the saine. l `intherniore. my improved bandage may he uianu't'zutured and marketed at a relatively low cost.

1With the above-recited objects and others ot a similar nature in view. the invention consists in the construction. combination and arrangements ot' parts, set -ort-h in and falling within the scope ot' the appended rlaiin. f l

ln the aeeoinpanying;` drawing: Figure l is a irontI view of a bandage embodying' my invention. Fig. Q is a rear view of the saine. Fin'. il is a horizontal sectionalview taken on the line 3 53 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view, taken through a portion of the using, showing l'elnes to eertain novel treatment of such an injury the longestv splint extends from just below the point of the hip bone, to the heel. The remainder et' improvements Wim i:asinns..or.v

the construction ot the pockets and the the bandage is brought under the limb and over the 'front of the foot, being firmly fas' tened With strips of rolled bandage. Especial attention should be given to the wrapping of the foot with the extension, which passes up the sole loosely 'over the toes and top of thel foot to a point above the ankle to assist angle Weights.

Referring: now to the accompanying; drawings in detail, the numeral 5 designates the outer facing` of the body portion of 'the bandage which in the present instance is shaped Jfor a hip bandage, said facing being made of strong antiseptic cloth and is provided at its lower end With an extension 6 of the same material designed to be, used in Wrapping the foot, as above mentioned. To the outer face of the portion 5, I stitch a suitable number of splints l7, which extend vertically of such space and are suitably spaced apart and terminate at their ends 8 about three-quarters ot an inch from the top vand bottom edges 9 and 10. respectively, of the mainbody portion. The back or lining of the bandage which is cut in shape to conform to the 'ront or facing is preferably formed of a soft antiseptic cloth sowed in alternate lines between the stitohing of the splints, said lining being indicated by the numeral 1l While the lines of stitching are shown at l2 and the plaiting at 1B. rihe lining previous to attaching the. same to the facing is folded or plaited in such manne' as to let the edges ot` the plaits meet after the pockets formed by the. same have been stuiiied or iilled with a suitablel medicament 14 such as clean ripe hops con' taining; a large percentage of pollen. r`The object ot' employing` hops is to allayv the severe pain, as hops being' a tonie and febri fune has the desired et'feet.4 "he edges of the lining` preferably extend over the edges of the facing as shoivn at 13 to form a binding for the bandage.

lt will be noted that l have provided an 'exceedingly simple forni of bandage which will be found especially effective in the treatment ot' severe frac-tures and other injuries to the bones of the body. ln the present instance l have' shown my bandage in the form or" a casing for dressing a leg, but it will be understood that the invention may be made up in other forms, such as a bandage for broken ribs and other purposes.

i claimz* A surgical bandage comprising a facing nf antisontic falnfic Shaped t0 Conform t0 tlm curvature of the hip and provided at its l'nvoi @ntl With an extension lo form :l4 foot handage, a plurality uf longitudinally extending splints attavhml to the'niain portion ot' the front of said Alacinf1V and spaced apart, and a lining attached to the inside 01 `the niain portion of Said faning and Stitched tlwi'eto in` alternato lines ht'wvon the splints and havingr longitudinally QX- tending plaits spaced yapart and forming pmlnets., nach of a length greater than that of the splint 'it the opposite sido of the faving' and designed for the reception of a medicament, sid pockets being.,r each of a 15 Width greater than that of the adjacent splint.

ln teslinionj Wlicicofl affix' my Signature in presence n -twn witnesses.

FRA lCES K. ALEXANDER.

Witiiesses z CARQLV n A. l minimun, AGNES l. .lhmi'rnln @opten o this patent: may be nbtaine fir ve cents nach, 'by address ng the Commissioner of Patent.

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